A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.

There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.

The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people.

EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.

People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community.

When you consider the magnitude of how many people use Wikipedia globally, there is a potential here for really creating some noise and getting some attention in the U.S.

I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really.